Odmaster vs GaugeWatcher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Odmaster
This application allows users to program various radio models directly from their mobile phones, eliminating the need for a computer. It offers a convenient and portable solution for radio programming and includes a community feature for sharing content and interacting with other users.
- Program radio with mobile phone
- Supports multiple radio models
- Convenient and portable programming
- Community sharing and interaction
- Help Center and direct support
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• Use Odmaster to program your radio faster and easier. Multiple radio models are set in the application. At the same time, you can share interesting content on the community page. Bring you a different experience! • • Program radio • (Tips：this function requires a Bluetooth programmer device) • • Program radio with mobile phone instead of computer easily • • Program radio conveniently, anytime and anywhere • • Program multiple models of radios • • Remote programming radio when you don’t know how to program • • Social function • • Can post something interesting on it • • Give someone a like • • Make comments on others posts • • Help&Support • • If you have any problems during using App, you can find the answers in Help Center, or contact us. • • ► Get some programming information in our YouTube website: • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW5VMOpgmTdUQq5ZqyIL2hA/videos • ► Contact detail: E-mail: odmaster@tid-china.com • ► Online manual:https://bit.ly/tidmanual
GaugeWatcher
Access real-time river flow data without needing an account or encountering advertisements. Discover nearby gauges, monitor flow rates, and save your preferred locations for quick access.
- Real-time river flow data
- Discover nearby gauges
- Check flow rates
- Bookmark favorite gauges
- No signup required
- Ad-free experience
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Simple river flow data. No signup required. No ads. No fluff. Find nearby gauges, check flow rates, bookmark favorites. That's it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GaugeWatcher at 100% against Odmaster's 29%. GaugeWatcher also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Odmaster's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 3) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GaugeWatcher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Odmaster has 1.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Odmaster's written reviews are positive against 100% of GaugeWatcher's.
Odmaster ships an update every 3 weeks, GaugeWatcher weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Odmaster | GaugeWatcher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guangzhou Billion Leiden Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. | Andrew Althage |
Customer experience
Odmaster
GaugeWatcher
Bugs and requests
Odmaster
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to read or write radio data
- Inconsistent behavior across iOS versions
- Login and account issues
Requested features
3 requests- Support for more radio models
- Ability to save and load custom channel configurations
- Improved user interface and navigation
GaugeWatcher
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Odmaster
No in-app purchases
GaugeWatcher
No in-app purchases
